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Google has replaced the Android Market with a cloud-based platform that consolidates its music, movies, books and apps under a new brand called “Google Play”.

This new platform unifies Google’s entertainment brands such as the Android Market, Google Music and Google eBookstore and makes it all available to a single hub. Google’s books, music and video apps will be branded as Play Books, Play Music and Play Movies respectively.

Recent Nielsen survey reveals six of the most popular apps are the same across all age groups with Android Market and Facebook taking the top spot.

A recent Nielsen survey shows that six of the most used Android app in the US are the same across all age groups. The survey ranks The Android Market and Facebook as the two most popular apps next to Google Search, Gmail, Google Maps and YouTube.

The survey which was released on Monday focuses on ‘the usage habits of thousands of Android users’ within the past 30 days. Check out the video below from Mashable to find out more.

Sharing your travel destinations is now a lot more easier with Foursquare. Now iPhone, its your turn to get jealous.

Aside from Facebook and Twitter, one of the most used app in the Android smartphone is Foursquare. It’s a social networking tool that allows you to “check in” to places you go to. Whether it’s a restaurant, an entertainment bar, a shopping center or a fast-food chain, Foursquare is there. Check-ins give you points based […]

If you're an Android starter and you're looking for some handsome apps that will keep you out of spending, here are some must-have apps that will change your Android life.

The growth of Android becomes unrelenting the moment they started competing with Apple’s App Store. Not only are they offering a wide array of handsets from different carriers around the world, they are also offering a lot of wonderful apps.

Apps for everyone are available at the Android Market and at a very very low price. Some are even free, like Angry Birds. If you’ve just purchased your first Android phone and you want to test its capabilities, we’ve collected some must haves for you. Here’s our top five weekly apps for Android users.

Are we finally hearing some "Google Music" while browsing apps from a "Web-Based" Android Market?

Last year, we gave you the first hint about Google’s Music Store. Guess what? We might be seeing it soon.

During the last Android-centric event, Google I/O, Google demonstrated some mobile treats. One of the demos was on the Android Market web client which reminds us all of Apple’s iTunes Store. This web-based market lets you grab an app for your desktop or transfer it to your Android device. The other one is a cloud-based music back-up and streaming service. The latter being christened as Google Music.

However, both rumors are said to be getting some support for tomorrow’s Honeycomb event. Techsites like Engadget and Android and Me claimed to gave an insider who claims that Android Market is kicking off alongside Honeycomb. On the other hand, BusinessWeek reports Andy Rubin will be in charge of introducing Google Music.

Why not? Since this game has already proven their dominance in the Apple App Store and Android Market, why not the television industry? Techland claims that the popular game will soon fly over television sets. According to Rovio CEO Mikael Hed, the popular game will have its own animated series that could appear on TV.

However, the Angry Birds series isn’t official yet. As the Angry Bird big boss is still undecided about it and they haven’t decided yet whether to put it on TV or Internet. Nevertheless, the series is up and about and will start production anytime soon. This isn’t the first non-App franchise for the game, Mattel will soon release an Angry Birds game set which lands this May.

Android's market share in the smartphones industry is rapidly growing. And just like the iPhone, Android phones also feature game apps. AllWeLike listed down top games that will definitely cause sleepless nights.

Before the birth of Android, people have their eyes only on Apple’s iPhone. iPhone is packed into a touch-sensitive hardware with apps that will kill our boredom in no time. Many thought iPhone is the largest technology to be ever created. Not until Google decided to venture on smartphones —the company created a device that goes heas to head with the iPhone. Then, Android was released. It runs under a very compact OS that matches up with the iOS.

Years passes, new Android smartphones emerged in the market. Carrying the almost the same or better features than of the iPhone. Today, developers are manufacturing and forging the games of iPhone to the Android. And just like iPhone, Android games brought a new wave which many people enjoyed.

If you are looking for a good game that will tackle your brains and tickle your minds, then AllWeLike is glad to help you. Here the AllWeLike’s list of the top ten most wanted games for Android after the break.

This news is somewhat on the gray area. Netflix will be start streaming on Android devices but on just selected units. What do you think?

Year 2011 will be a good start for something new. As with Android users, Netflix will stream on you smartphones starting next year. No need to envy your friends friends who use WP7 or iPhone mobiles. Unfortunately, the app is limited to a few Android OS.

Netflix’s product development head, Greg Peters, reinstated in his blog yesterday that “the lack of a generic and complete platform security and content protection mechanism available for Android” was the one thing which stops the expansion of the platform to other Android devices.

“We are eager to launch on these devices and are disappointed that we haven’t been able to do so already,” he also wrote.

Since there’s no solution yet, Netflix works now with individual hardware manufacturers to the supported devices. First batch of the decives will be getting the app by 2011. But Peters said the company is already working on a platform-wide solution but no final words about the release date.

After ages of waiting, just before your patience drains out, TweetDeck 1.0 for Android is finally unleashed. The snitch is, the Apple version is modeled after the Android version when usually it plays vice versa.

At last! After ages of being in beta, TweetDeck is now here for Android. TweetDeck 1.0 is now ready for download on the Android Market. TweetDeck for Android is not only for Twitter but for Facebook, Foursquare and Google Buzz as well.

According to the announcement, TweetDeck notes 36,000 plus users joined the TweetDeck beta. TweetDeck also noted that the new versions for Apple will be modeled after the Android version.

If you already acquired the beta version of TweetDeck have it uninstalled before getting the TweetDeck 1.0. Don’t forget to follow @deckondroid to get the latest updates.

Google Music will be launched by the end of the year with exciting features... But can they make it before the Yuletide Season?

Google and its much anticipated Music offering is said to be here on Christmas. A new information from Billboard suggests that it will be both a digital download store and a cloud-based subscription with a $25 subscription fee per annum. Billboard’s sources said that the cloud service is a locker, a place wherein subscribers will have the access to store their music files and downloads, stream full tracks prior to purchase and share the play lists with friends who would also be allowed to have the full streaming on tracks, free of charge.

Locker users has the ability to add all the music files licensed by Google to their online files for streaming and downloading. “Such tracks could include those purchased at the Google download store or another download retailer, tracks ripped from a CD and even music files downloaded from peer-to-peer networks,” per the report.